Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-05
NEWS Notes.


The minstrel show last night called
out quite crowd.
Ground was yesterday broken ON the
$4,000 school house at Monrovia.
Baird's MinstreIs will play at Santa
Ana and possibly at Orange, Florence
and Tustin.
Ii was reported yesterday that the
Seuthern Pacific company had bought
Rattlesnake Island. s
Mayor Workman yesterday signed the
contract with the San Francisco Bridge
Company for the building of the kuhrts
street bridge.
Fifty houses are being built or are
under contract in Azusa. The water
pipes are being laid. and will re ach tie
fowns;te inside of q week.
The matter of the location of the
Congregational Seminary. for the Pacific
coast. will come under consideration at
the Congregational Association meeting
this morning.
A hank and newspaper are to be
established at Alhambra. While town
can get along without bank, how can
: town and bank get along without q
newspaper!
The concert at the University last
night for the benefit OF the Music
Library was quite a success. The attend
ance was large and the numbers were
rendered in manner to please all.
Last night there was report current
that Col. Otis had resigned his position
e. editor Of the Times, The HERALD
has il from the highest possible author
ity thar there 10 no truth whatever in
the rumor.
Thos. Banbury, who Is making the
short cut line for the A.. 7. & s. +. r.
r. In the Marengo Rancho. is going
ahead lively. He will have the grade
completed by the lst Of July.
Superintendent of streets Pike says
that he will not improve any streets un-
less they are graded by the property
owners. He says that this is the reason
he has not filled up the mud holes on
Grand avenue.
The time for the prohibition ordinance
10 take effect in Pasa iena has been sig.
nalized by the arrest of +. C.. Campbell,
who kept the only saloon in the city,
and whose license had expired. He
remains In custody.
The bridge and cnt at the Arroyo
Seco opposite Garvanzo will be completed
in about thirty days, so the A. 7. 4 s.
F. through trains can enter the city via
Pasadena after that time and relieve the
great throng on San Fernando street.
The grading for the approaches to the
Buena Vista street bridge is being pushed
forward with great energy, but there is
q great scarcity OF teams to be used III
this kind of work. 1t seems probable
that all the work will be complete by
the 18th instant.
Yesterday the case of the People VS..
DIR. Hamilton Grifiin, on q charge of
obtaining money by false pretenses pre-
ferred by j. w. Church, was dismissed
by Justice Austin. The Justice said
that be had examined the cass carefully
and saw no reason for holding DIR. H..
Griffin.
A project is now on foot to cut into
the hillside and widen Buena Vista
street, so that all passengers can arrive
at and depart from the Union depot by
that thoroughfare. That would require
the moving Of the dept across the pres.
ent tracks to Buena Vista street.
Robert Ashley. the late lessee Of the
Ashley House, says that ON the night of
the fire, while his wife was coming out
OF the house with her jewelry case, q
gentleman took the case from Mrs.
Ashley fol- safe keeping. Mr.. Ashley
desires to state that he is sleeping 10
the Callaghan Block and hopes that the
gentleman will return the box there.
Capt. Vaughn, of Aznsa. was in the
city yesterday. He ia one of the par.
ties whose title was in the mass Of dis.
credited titles in q newspaper in this
city, The Captain informed repre-
sentative of the HERALD that he has q
title to his land both from the United
States and from the Southern Pacific
Railway Company. He thinks he ''can
read his title clear"
The HERALD is in receipt OF price.
list from the GAINESVILLE, Florida Nurser-
les, and takes pleasure ia. giving this
enterprising firm free notice. They
advertise for sale SO, 900 Riverside Ma.
vel orange trees budded. The buds di'
rect from California. They also have
for sale, 10000 Mediterranean sweet
trees, buds from California. 1t seems
that Florida people think o good deal OF
California orange trees.